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Using a Cartoon Questionnaire to Improve Consent of Children

Using a Cartoon Questionnaire to Improve Consent of Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04179240
Enrollment
300
Registered
2019-11-27
Start date
2019-11-26
Completion date
2020-10-30
Last updated
2019-12-02

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Conditions

Child Development, Ethics, Narrative

Keywords

biospecific nonspecimen specimen, child and adolescent, cartoon, questionnaire, concent

Brief summary

In this study, a prospective, multicenter, randomized, and controlled trial will be performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an audio and animated cartoon questionnaire (AACQ) at improving child understanding and enhancing a positive attitude to participate in biospecific nonspecimen specimen donation.

Detailed description

In this study, we will evaluate the effectiveness of an audio and animated cartoon questionnaire (AACQ) at improving child understanding and enhancing a positive attitude to participate in biospecific nonspecimen specimen donation. A prospective, multicenter, randomized, and controlled trial will be performed at some hospitals in China. Three hundred children will be randomly asked to participate in our survey to investigate the participants' willingness and attitudes for donating biospecific nonspecimen specimen.The participants will be randomly allocated to the AACQ group and the text questionnaire (TQ) group. A separate knowledge test to assess the amount of knowledge acquired is included in the questionnaires. Additionally, participants' demographic data and basic information will be also collected. In our present study, we aim to test whether an audio and animated cartoon could help the child to understand the information about our research of biospecific nonspecimen specimen donation, reduce differences in their understanding, and use that information to make an appropriate decision for themselves. Meanwhile, we will exam factors that may influence a Chinese child's willingness to donate biospecific nonspecimen specimen before pediatric surgery.

Interventions

OTHERaudio and animated cartoon questionnaire

participants were asked to complete a questionnaire audio and animated cartoon on a platform

Sponsors

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients without obvious communication difficulties in the pediatric surgery wards were invited to participate in this survey.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with obvious communication difficulties

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
correction rates1 hour after completing the questionnaireA knowledge test to assess the acquired comprehension of biospecific nonspecimen specimens donated was given at the end of the questionnaire
attitudes toward biospecific nonspecimen specimens1 hour after completing the questionnairechildren's attitudes toward whether they would like to donate a particular kind of biospecific nonspecimen specimens

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactShijian Liu
liushijian@scmc.com.cn86-21-38625637
Backup ContactShanshan Qiu
qiushanshan1101@126.com86-21-38626161

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026